TripAdvisor Reviews Grand Hometel, Mumbai Mumbai (Bombay)

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... Once inside we found our seats. We were just in front of a bunch of girls and as soon as the film started they were screaming. In fact everyone was screaming and wolf whistling as if it were a Beatles concert. I’m surprised that the floor stayed dry. The main characters seemed to be well known because as soon as they made their entrance they were received with roars of approval. Every time they danced they received the same reward. It just seemed like the crowd took every ...

... back to 500 AD and is a Unesco would heritage site. Having read Shantaram recently, it seemed only right to seek out Leopold's bar and sure enough there was tower of a man, probably early 60s at his own table seeming to know everyone with wavey white hair that was the embodiment of Didier Levy. Also had a few beers there on night two with a Canadian dude called Dominic, so that's that ticked off. As is often the case, when one gets ...

... Red and black in varying grades dominate and hurt the eyes in the first day.

In the afternoon we first went to Ernakullam to a shop where Chris had his new bagage trolley he bought in Kolkata opened, because it suffers from automatic code changes. That was all organised in 10 minutes mobile phoning.

Many Indian tourists

In the late afternoon we had a first walk on the new promenade that was built on what is left of the Dutch ...

... Fort region. I'm glad we started India slowly in Goa - Mumbai Is bloody hectic. Our hotel is a hovel - but it's really well located. Below is a link to a video a previous resident took to show you what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smDDfwR qVU

A bit of a dump to tell the truth. But this being india there's always some win with the loss. We get coffee, toast and banana breakfast delivered right to our room at 9:00 every morning. ...

... The idea that we were particularly remote in the middle of this great desert landscape was quickly ruined though when the camelmen asked us if we wanted them to ring and get some soft drinks or beer delivered to our location, followed by two 9 year old boys walking past our heads. We decided not to sleep in the desert after we were warned that a sandstorm was on the way so stayed in a small hut on the resort that proved very difficult to sleep in as it was ...